There is meat, and there is a herd of bison in the steppe that is no smaller than the herd of horses.

There is grain, a key transit station here, with enough grain in stock, and there are also large tracts of reclaimed fertile land. There is also alcohol, although not much, but definitely enough. And a lot of fish, a lot of fruit.

The Varspurs understood that they would have pastures allocated to their tribe when they received military merit, and even silver and women.

But right now, in the face of tens of thousands of wild horses on the grassland, even the people on horseback, the Mongols are embarrassed, and the huge wild horse herd is not so easy to subdue.

After living here for half a month, only a few small herds have been subdued, and at most one is no more than 800 horses.

And these horses are extremely fierce, good horses of the highest quality.

Luo Tong's face became more and more unsightly, the progress was too slow, and the Tile Thorns felt a huge pressure. Fortunately, Luo Tong did not urge them again, and Luo Tong also personally felt the horror of tens of thousands of horses running wildly, let alone people, even elephants were trampled to death, and then trampled into meat and mud.

"There's only the King of Fighting Horses."

A tile spur Qianhu threw down a bunch of lots, this is a fateful thing, find the horse king among the tens of thousands of horses, and then rely on manpower to subdue the horse king, and then control the entire horse herd, this is the only way to deal with the big horse herd, the biggest risk, but also the biggest benefit.

Once defeated, the team responsible for subduing the Horse King guaranteed that none of them would come back alive.

When Luo Tong heard the report, he ordered twenty Arab slave girls to be sent, and then a large vat of Daming spirits and good beef. and a ranch authorization representing a tribe of 100 people in Australia.

"Success or not, these will not be taken back." Luo Tong is stimulating the Tile Thorn people, at this time, even if he still regards the Tile Thorn as half an enemy in his heart, he will no longer use official authority to suppress it, and it is time to fight hard. Be sure to use enough temptation to make them really dare to fight.

There are two types of horses in Africa. One is Northeast Africa, near the junction of desert areas and grasslands, and this horse was used as early as 3,500 years ago, and was originally named the Nilotic Horse. Stallions have been used since ancient Egypt, and they are a very difficult breed to tame.

At the junction of the East African steppes and deserts, the primitive herds of horses made them fanatical and nervous.

And the other side. In Northwest Africa, the white-named crane also has a stable source of horses. This is known as the super light cavalry, the Bobu horse. It is known for its strength, super stamina, speed, and quick reactions. There was once a very famous novel called the King of the Wind, which was written about this kind of horse.

A horse like the wind.

When it comes to this kind of horse, Liu Mingxuan is in his camp with a black face.

Morocco is the territory of the Arabs, and in the eyes of the Ming people, these people are part of the Ottoman Empire, of course, there are some differences. What a difference. The people of the Ming Dynasty can't tell the difference, but the white crane can't figure it out. In short, the white crane had no intention of reaching out, so he gave it to Alfonso V of Portugal. But when Liu Mingxuan realized the benefits here, he thought that Bai Minghe was also confused.

One of the biggest reasons for Liu Mingxuan's upset is that horses.

Even if he was a naval commander, he wanted his men to have enough horses, especially such light horses that were extremely fast.

A duke from Portugal is negotiating with Liu Mingxuan.

"One horse, all you need is two muskets. Long muskets. "The price offered by the Portuguese, in a sense. It's not expensive, after all, they have killed a lot of people, and fighting in Northwest Africa consumes huge resources, and after the African colonies were robbed by the Ming people, they need a lot of supplies.

"Thirty thousand, only ten thousand muskets. Take your pick for the rest. Liu Mingxuan replied with a cold face.

A scribe translated Liu Mingxuan's words, but the Portuguese were not very satisfied with the result, because musket combat had become a habit, and it was easier to train than a bow and arrow. A good archer can train at least ten times longer than a musket, and it is not as lethal as a musket.

Of course. This refers to the muskets of the Ming Dynasty, not their own.

"Honorable General, if you don't have muskets, can you get some artillery? It is the kind of cluster light artillery that is used against the enemy's infantry or cavalry. ”

What the Portuguese wanted was to connect the twelve barrels together, and the plate machine could be fired in a row. The diameter reaches four centimeters, the paper shell charges, and a small platoon cannon of the Ming version with an iron-clad tin shell. This weapon is definitely a superior weapon against cavalry.

The firing range is long and dense, especially for those enemies who charge in groups, it has great lethality.

"Do you want the Ottoman musket?" Liu Mingxuan thought of the pile of loot again.

The caliber of the Ottoman musket is about three centimeters, which is one inch according to the calculation of the Ming Dynasty. It's the same as the small bullet of the Ming Dynasty's cluster cannon, with a rear flint. This gun is too heavy for a single soldier to lift at all, so it comes with a bracket.

"Yes!" The Portuguese had seen this gun, the Spaniards had bought, it had a slow rate of fire and a long range.

The arduous negotiation process was for 30,000 horses, Liu Mingxuan felt that this transaction had paid a little too much, if he had been responsible for dealing with Morocco, then these war horses would be trophies, not items that need to be traded now.

The result of the transaction was sent to Athens, and the white crane was speechless.

Wise generals like Liu Mingxuan are complaining, isn't it a bad thing not to fight, it's better to buy with money than to exchange human lives.

was thinking about how to call back, Caesar and Lan Hai actually came together, and they didn't even send someone to inform them before, when the two came, they actually came over talking and laughing along the way.

"Two generals, what is so happy?" The white crane took the initiative to greet him.

"Xiaobai, it's been more than a year, and we can't figure out what the Ottomans want to do, they have lost many towns around the Aegean Sea, of course they don't care, because these are all they have occupied in recent years. Strategically, they shouldn't give up, so I'm nervous. ”

Blue Sea has a sense of relief, and the white crane knows that the movements of the Ottomans are unknown, which makes Blue Sea very stressed, afraid that that one port will suddenly be attacked.

"And then?" Bai Minghe asked.

"Then, finding them, they gave up strategically. According to the analysis of the Ottomans' combat style, a conclusion was drawn that they preferred to occupy because the soldiers were not paid, and only by constant occupation did the soldiers have income. "Blue Ocean is very confident in his own analysis.

But the white crane didn't like to listen to it: "Old Blue, you mean, the Byzantines plan to give us these places, and then fatten them up and then attack, they are what we are." ”

"It can be understood that way, but what I'm talking about is something else."

Lan Hai didn't immediately explain, but walked to the map, searched for it for a while, and then said to Bai Minghe: "Now, a main force of the Ottomans is here, and according to intelligence, it should be no less than a million soldiers. Suffice it to say, this definitely accounted for a quarter of the main army of the Ottomans. ”

Before coming to the map, the white crane was also a little surprised.

Because of the arrival of the Ming fleet, the Ottoman legions that had originally besieged Serbia in later generations retreated. There Caesar was arranging for the Byzantine army to slowly regain lost territory and resume production.

Unlike the original history, the largest cities here were not captured because of the sudden appearance of the Ming Dynasty.

This allowed Byzantium to receive a huge replenishment in terms of materiel, and also increased a large number of troops.

"Here, the castle of Temysh, although it is still our original Byzantine territory, they became three principalities in their independence after the empire fell more than a hundred years ago. Before the fall of Constantine, most of the three principalities were subject to the Ottomans. Caesar also explained.

Bai Minghe didn't understand, and stretched out his hand to pat the map: "I don't understand, what is it that makes you happy." ”

Caesar drew a line on the map: "This line represents the dividing line between Orthodoxy and the Pope." ”

Judging from the map, it can be said that the boundary has been reached.

"Once this castle is captured by the Ottomans, then with the current strength of the Ottomans, millions of troops. They will definitely go north and west again. How far they will go next, I'm afraid only God knows. ”

In the Ottoman army, the task of the logistics officer was not to supply, but to transport large quantities of supplies to the country, and then distribute the looted supplies to the front-line troops. It is definitely not a large number of domestic supplies sent to the front.

The Ottoman Army's battle plan was to grab, grab, and grab all the way.

"What's next?" The white crane seems to be talking to himself, as if he is asking a question.

Caesar stretched out his hand to block the map: "Your Majesty, now is not the time to look at the map." You should get the Spaniards to do their hands and start attacking France, at least with an attacking posture. Of course, it is also possible to wait until the Pope launches a new crusade to protect his rule. ”

"What's the difference?" The white crane reacted that this was a stab in the back for the Pope.

"The difference is that if you attack first, then when the Pope calls the crusade again, and chooses an armistice, then the French will send the forces that are already ready to deal with Spain directly to the front. And if you don't stop fighting, it is equivalent to tearing your face directly. After the attack, that is to directly tear the face. "Caesar has lost the slightest respect for the pope.

Of course, Caesar didn't have much respect for the pope in the first place.

The white crane didn't expect Europe to become more and more complicated, and his eyes turned to the blue ocean. I want to hear the opinion of Blue Ocean. (To be continued......)

PS: There is a book called Autumn in the Middle Ages. It's about the culture, life and so on of the Netherlands and France.

In the twelfth century, Paris was one of the political and cultural centers of Europe.

Explain the horse, in northern Africa, there are two kinds of horses, the bob horse and the hot-blooded horse, the former of which has information, and the latter is seen in a certain book, forgetting the source.